Can't gain weight, fat or muscle mass, need mass building advise and twenkies don't count.

[BLUEPine]

I am 5 11' and 120 lb. and can't gain weight, I eat anything I want whenever I want and eat tons of Ice cream, and I am 35 lb. under the recommended weight.

For the past month I have been working out for 30 min a day alternating between upper, mid, and lower workouts with 3 reaps for each lift, and have made little progress in increasing the weight I can lift. As well I have lost 3 pounds (was at 123 lb) I have not gained any muscle and am concerned about continuing my workout because It will be bad for my body if I loss more weight.

I need advice on ways to gain weight preferably muscle mass without supplements. Also any affective workouts? Thanks

[krissadd]

Are you sure your not gaining muscle? If you are slightly increasing what you are liftiing you may be.. muscle burns more calories, so maybe you are gaining muscle and just not realizing it and they are burning your calories for you...

[BLUEPine]

I have an extremely low fat % so there really is not a whole lot to burn, I think my fat percentage is like.... .2% but I am not positive maybe it is 2%

[paigems]

I agree with rainbows about going to see a doctor. Sometimes being so underweight could be because of some underlying health problem like an overactive thyroid. Not saying you have that, but your doctor should be able to help.

[BLUEPine]

I am pretty sure I have a minor case of graves disease so you are right about the overactive thyroid. My older bro has a major cases of it so at least my eyes don't bulge :D

[paigems]

That's definitely the reason why you can't gain weight then. Overactive thyroids run in my family, and almost everyone is really thin lol. The only way to help would be to get on medicine, which would probably be a good idea anyways since graves disease lest untreated for long periods of time can lead to quite a few health problems.

[Rainbows]

Talk to a doctor. That's not healthy. You could have some sort of illness.